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Artisan Earrings and Cross Pendants: Small Piec...

Some jewelry is meant to be loud. A statement necklace, a big cocktail ring, something you buy specifically to be noticed across a room. Artisan earrings and cross pendants usually aren't that. They're quieter pieces. The kind you...

Cross Pendants and Gemstone Rings: A Buyer's Gu...

Some jewelry you wear because it looks nice. Other pieces you wear because they mean something. A cross pendant usually falls into that second category - it's rarely an impulse buy. Maybe it was a gift, maybe...

Artisan Earrings and Gemstone Rings: What Actua...

Jewelry shopping has a weird trap built into it. Everything looks good on a screen. The lighting's perfect, the model's got great skin, the earrings catch just the right amount of light. Then...

Gemstone Rings and Cross Pendants: Choosing Pie...

Some jewelry is chosen purely for how it looks. A gemstone ring or a cross pendant is usually chosen for more than that — a birthstone tied to someone specific,...

Opal Pendants and Urn Pendants: A Buying Guide ...

Some pendants are chosen for how they look. Others are chosen for what they hold — a birthstone, a memory, sometimes literally a small portion of ash. At DeSantis Jewelry,...

Artisan Earrings and Gemstone Rings: What Handm...

A lot of jewelry sold as "handmade" today is cast from a single factory mold a thousand times over, with one person doing nothing but polishing the final piece. That's not what...